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The Health Standards Organization (HSO), an Ottawa-based non-profit, is seeking to develop national guidelines for mental health, addictions treatment, and suicide prevention in Canada.

The college is encouraging its members to learn more about First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples on June 21.

Collecting the stories is part of a move to create a culture of wellbeing through equity, compassion and respect, AFMC says.

Dr. David Yan tells the story of how a sudden outpouring of affection from his father toward's the end of his life made the Sinai Health ophthalmologist-in-chief reflect on how important empathy and compassion are to the practice of medicine.

A new position statement from the Canadian Paediatric Society shares how hospitals can support breastfeeding and human milk use in the NICU.

The amended clauses put forward by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta include ones that pertain to the establishment and termination of the physician-patient relationship.

Doctors share what they find frustrating about pharmacists—and pharmacists respond.

Montreal family physician and cosmetic surgeon Dr. Pierre Courchesne has been suspended for eight months and ordered to pay a $7,000 fine plus investigation and hearing costs.